Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Bay Area Tech Wire -- Oct. 2

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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 2, 2013
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San Francisco-Based OneLogin Lands $13 Million in Second Round
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Mountain View-Based Listia Raises $9 Million in First Round
o Palo Alto-Based SAP Ventures Raises $650 Million for New Fund
o San Francisco-Based Certain Acquires Check In Easy
o San Francisco-Based salesforce.com Invests in Introhive
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Briefly Noted: WaferGen Bio-systems, Abbyy USA

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o San Francisco-Based OneLogin Lands $13 Million in Second Round

San Francisco -- OneLogin, a San Francisco-based developer of enterprise identity and access management tools, said on Wednesday it has raised $13 million in its second round of funding, led by The Social+Capital Partnership. Previous backer Charles River Ventures also took part in the round, which the company will use to continue its expansion in the U.S., Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. OneLogin's technology lets clients manage employee and external user identities and control their access to applications in the cloud and behind firewalls. Clients include AAA, Dropbox, Netflix, News Corp, Pandora, Pinterest, Tableau Software, Tumblr, Uber, Yammer and Zendesk. Mamoon Hamid, a general partner at The Social+Capital Partnership, and Amnon Landan, the former chairman and CEO of Mercury Interactive, will join the company's board of directors.
http://www.onelogin.com 
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o Mountain View-Based Listia Raises $9 Million in First Round

Mountain View, Calif. -- Listia, the Mountain View-based developer of an online trading marketplace, said on Wednesday it has raised $9 million in its first round of funding, led by General Catalyst. The company, which also counts Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel and Y Combinator among its backers, said it will use the latest funding to continue marketing its mobile app, while improving user experience. General Catalyst's Neil Sequeira will join the company's board. Listia allows users to trade in unwanted items for spendable credits. Credits can then be applied to any item posted on the site. The company said it has seen a sharp increase in mobile activity in recent months, with more than 20% of trades now made through its Android and iOS apps.
http://www.listia.com 
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/listia-raises-9m-in-series-a-funding-will-expand-mobile-platforms-of-online-trading-marketplace-226158641.html 
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o Palo Alto-Based SAP Ventures Raises $650 Million for New Fund

Palo Alto, Calif. -- SAP Ventures, the Palo Alto-based independent venture capital arm of German software giant SAP, said on Wednesday it has raised more than $650 million for a new investment fund, to be known as SAP Ventures Fund II. The firm now has raised $1 billion for new funds over the past year, and has more than $1.4 billion under management. The firm, founded in 1997, counts LinkedIn, Exact Target, Endeca, OpenX, Criteo, DocuSign, Fitbit and Box among its investments. SAP Ventures also announced plans to build out a dedicated 10-person business development team located in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
http://www.sapventures.com 
http://www.sapventures.com/2013/10/02/sap-ventures-raises-us1-billion-in-one-year/ 
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o San Francisco-Based Certain Acquires Check In Easy

San Francisco -- Certain, a San Francisco-based developer of event management software, said on Wednesday it has acquired New York-based Check In Easy, developer of a mobile app designed to streamline the process of event check-in and on-site registration. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Certain said the acquisition will add check-in services to its existing event personalization and management capabilities. Check In Easy counts McKesson and Sony Music among its clients. Its technology will continue to work with any event management platform and as a stand-alone app.
http://www.certain.com 
http://www.checkineasy.com 
http://www.certain.com/index.php/about/press_news/event-management-software-acquires-check-easy/
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o San Francisco-Based salesforce.com Invests in Introhive

San Francisco -- Salesforce.com, the San Francisco-based developer of customer relationship management software, said on Wednesday it has invested in Introhive, a Washington, DC-based developer of cloud-based software that analyzes massive amounts of data to uncover new sales prospects. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The latest investment comes nearly four months after the company landed $1.5 million from Canada's Build Ventures. It earlier had received funding from Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), Fortify VC, Growthworks Atlantic and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF). Introhive was co-founded last year by Jody Glidden and Stewart Walchli, who formerly led Chalk Media. The company said it will use the latest funding to accelerate business growth and expand sales and marketing activities. Its platform discreetly analyzes employee communications and social connections to find existing relationships with customers and prospects.
https://www.introhive.com 
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/social-selling-platform-introhive-announces-expansion-of-latest-funding-round-226118731.html 
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(Fremont, Calif.) Fremont-based WaferGen Bio-systems, developer of a genetic analysis platform used to profile and validate molecular biomarkers, said it has raised $15 million through a private placement. The company will use the proceeds for general corporate and working capital purposes, including commercialization activities.
http://www.wafergen.com/wafergen-bio-systems-reports-completion-of-15-million-private-placement-transaction 

(Milpitas, Calif.) Abbyy, a Russian provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies, on Wednesday named Peter Meechan as the COO of Abbyy USA in Milpitas. Meechan most recently was a venture advisor for Sofinnova Ventures.
http://www.abbyy.com/News/ABBYY_USA_Names_Peter_Meechan_Chief_Operating_Officer/
 
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> Concord Law School "Meet the Dean" Reception - San Jose - Oct 10

Concord Law School hosts a reception in conjunction with the State Bar of California Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 10th, 7pm-9pm. Meet Dean Greg Brandes and area alumni on the rooftop garden at The Loft Bar And Bistro, 90 S 2nd Street, San Jose. Many Concord graduates have successfully merged a tech career with a legal education. If you are involved with patents or other intellectual property issues - or if you want to be - learn how online, part-time Concord Law School http://www.concordlawschool.edu may serve your interests. You are invited to join the Concord community on the 10th to find out. Concord Law School: Online. On Your Schedule. On Your Way. For info/RSVP email: CAEvent@concord.kaplan.edu
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